The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-12-23
The Country Newspaper and its
Publisher and Editor.


Tsche Pilot.
To some people it seems strange
thut their local paper is not full Of
the latest telegrapbIc news /; that it
IL not fullOf solid Bompareii locals;
that the family gossip Of every cit.
izen's family within radius of Hfty
miles OF it is not printed in every
detail that every event chrOuicled
in every Issue OF the city daily il
not crowded in tour-page, six or
seven column paper yes, 10 some
people this may seem necessary to
make the country newspaper sue
cess, but it ''ean't be did, You
would have no use for a daily If the
weekly could carry all the news as
it is given 10 the daily. And if the
country editor (encumbered, as
most of them are, with the duties
foreman, cOmpositor, proof reader,
pressmau, and everything else con-
nected with newspaper wofk) at
tempted to keep track of and pub
l:sh all the family affairs of his vi
cinIty, as we'll asthe thousaud-and.
one other grievances OF private
or oven of public-nature, nine.
ty niue and ntne-tenths times out
of a hundred he would be sent to
join the angels after the first issue
was out. No, friends, it "can't be
did.D We sympathize with you in
your Affections, wherever and how
ever received, but We csn't should.
er half the public troubles we are
expected TO, much less are we able
to carry the various private griev-
ances. Every one who has an idea
that his neighbor ought to be pub
Iished, must stop and think ; and it
is barely possible that they may
possess some small weakness of
their own which the public might
also enjoy reading of. And again
We must ask the public to be more
reasonable tOward.the country edi-
tors, for, on reflection, it viii be
seen that none of them are
wealthy. The newspaper business
is not q financial bonanza, not at
all, nor, on the other hand, is it a
''ccrneT" of the intellectual market,
though, of course, in many in-
stances editors may be found who
possess brains Just as other people.
One thing, too, the average news
paper mau has in large quantity,
that Is caution, He generally
knows who will shoot aud who
Won't, aud rs a general thing he re-
specls the shoOtist. He is always
glad to have bis friends call on him
especially when they come to
bring contributions, (tor his sllocket,
not his paper, though be is ready
to receive both kindsl. He gets to-
getlier 4 few dimes now and then
aud goes home immediately, order
ing on his way thero all such ex-
peusive edibles as beans, bread,
meat, etc. On their ARRIVAL there
be gathers his little colony, com.
posed of bis wife and ten orlwelve
about him, and such q de-
Iightful time as they have can bet
Ter be imagined than described.
lie is wilhal a most poaoeable man.
Ketthis is the man who is expect.
ID to carry on bis abroad should.
srsT the affairs Of Church aud State,
public and domestic welfare, and to
kuow more than one mind could
ever grasp. The country editor
learns a great deal, aud he also for
gets a great deal Of that which he
learns, just as other people do. He
s not a portable cyclOpedia, nor is
he compendium of all knowledge.
The heads aud prime rulers of gov
srnments do not make lt their bus.
ness 20 seek his advice as TO how
they should construct laws, not at
All; sometimes they read bis CON-
plainis, but seldom heed them. So
you sec he is not responsible for the
administration. No, to such heart
less aud unreasonable people as ex-
pect those things we have above
enumerated, from country news
paper man, we are 10th te say, it
L ''can't be did, y and when yon ex-
pect it, we can only reply that "yOu
are a stranger here, heaven Is your
hQme.D